Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of recognizing, by a controller, an intention of a user who wears a head mounted display to which electroencephalogram electrodes are attached.

Abstract: Materials and methods for identifying and using MEW molecule variants for activating self-reactive T cells in a peptide-specific manner, and their use to focus autoimmune cellular responses against diseases such as cancers and persisting viral infections, are described.

Abstract: An immunoadsorbent for purifying fumonisin B1, aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A, zearalenone and sterigmatocystin; a complex affinity column and its preparation method; and a method for detecting the mycotoxins using the same are provided. The immunoadsorbent comprises a solid-phase support, and an anti-fumonisin B1 monoclonal antibody, an anti-aflatoxin B1 monoclonal antibody, an anti-ochratoxin A monoclonal antibody, an anti-zearalenone monoclonal antibody and an anti-sterigmatocystin monoclonal antibody which are coupled to the solid-phase support, wherein the anti-fumonisin B1 monoclonal antibody is secreted by a hybridoma cell strain Fm7A11. The complex affinity column can be used for purification and detection of a fumonisin B1 sample, an aflatoxin B1 sample, an ochratoxin A sample, a zearalenone sample and a sterigmatocystin sample at the same time.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for selecting a speaker by using smart glasses. The apparatus includes a camera configured to capture a front angle video of a user and track guest interpretation interlocutors in the captured video, smart glasses configured to display a virtual space map image including the guest interpretation interlocutors tracked through the camera, a gaze-tracking camera configured to select a target person for interpretation by tracking a gaze of the user so that a guest interpretation interlocutor displayed in the video may be selected, and an interpretation target processor configured to provide an interpretation service in connection with the target person selected through the gaze-tracking camera.

Abstract: An ultra-deep reservoir stratified water sample and sediment core integrated artificial intelligence sampling device, comprising a sampling device main chamber, an attitude balance sensor, a propeller, a balance base, and a sampler body, wherein the attitude balance sensor and the sampler body are disposed inside the sampling device main chamber; the propeller is disposed outside the sampling device main chamber; and the balance base is located at a bottom end of the sampling device main chamber. The sampling device of the present invention is an intelligent sampling device integrating high-definition underwater topography observation, undisturbed sediment core collection, vertical stratified accurate sampling of water bodies, and real-time in-situ monitoring of key physical and chemical parameters, and can be flexibly applied to deep and shallow water environments under complicated conditions.

Abstract: Fastening devices are described. In one example, the fastening devices can be used for a landing string buoyancy solution. The landing string hardware includes a stop collar to be fitted and secured around a drill pipe and stop collar hardware to secure the stop collar together around the drill pipe. The stop collar can be secured at one end of a number of buoyancy modules placed along a longitudinal length of the drill pipe to hold them into place along the drill pipe. The stop collar can be formed from long fiber thermoplastic using extrusion-compression molding. The stop collar hardware includes a bolt having an external thread formed from long fiber thermoplastic and a nut having an internal thread formed from long fiber thermoplastic. Both the stop collar and the stop collar hardware are tested for suitability for the application of holding the buoyancy modules in place under operating conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of reconstructing a three-dimensional color mesh and an apparatus for the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: receiving mesh information of an object, multiple multi-view images obtained by photographing the object at different positions, and camera parameter information corresponding to the multiple multi-view images; constructing a texture map with respect to the object on the basis of the received information and setting a texture patch referring to a color value of the same multi-view image; correcting a color value of a vertex included for each texture patch; and performing rendering with respect to the object by applying the corrected color value of the vertex to the texture map.

Abstract: A laser preheating control method is applied to a laser preheating control device. When a cutter processes a workpiece along a process path, a laser source of the device is provided to output a laser beam to the workpiece for selectively forming a laser spot on the workpiece surface. And according to a movement direction of the cutter, a laser controller of the device is provided to form the laser spot only on a preheating region of the workpiece, where in front of the cutter in the process path, for preheating the workpiece in the preheating region. As a result, the laser spot will not repeatedly heat the workpiece behind the cutter in the process path, and the qualitative change of the workpiece caused by repeating heating is preventable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer comprising a repeating group having the structure of formula (I) wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, and s are as described herein and salt thereof. Also disclosed is a process of synthesizing such polymers.

Abstract: A ball screw with tilt detector includes a screw rod, two screw nuts, a channel, a plurality of balls, and a tilt detector. The screw rod is extended along a direction of an axis. The two screw nuts are installed on the screw rod and capable of moving along the axis. The tilt detector is disposed between the two screw nuts to detect a tilt angle and a preload of the two screw nuts. The tilt detector includes a force receiving element, at least one first strain sensor, and at least one second strain sensor. The force receiving element includes a point symmetric ring-type structure, and the ring-type structure has two planes which are parallel to each other and respectively contact the two screw nuts.

Abstract: Methods and systems for isolating a high purity starch stream are provided. The methods provide an initial treatment step in advance of traditional grinding or fractionation operations (such as dry milling or wet milling operations) that facilitate separation of starch from other components of starch-based grains, for example facilitate separation of soft endosperm from other components of corn kernels including hard endosperm. The systems include a first treatment system for separating a high purity starch stream from other components of the grain stream, wherein the system can be configured as a bolt on for traditional milling operations such as wet milling and dry milling operations.

Abstract: Peptide-based neurokinin antagonists of fish reproduction are disclosed. Compositions comprising antagonists of fish neurokinin and methods of inhibiting or delaying puberty, fish maturation or reproduction processes using these compounds are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a surgical device and method of using the same. The surgical device includes a proximal ring, a distal ring, wherein the distal ring is operably connected to the proximal ring with a sleeve, the sleeve extending about a circumference of the proximal ring and a circumference of the distal ring, a film, a distal end of the film attached to a portion of the distal ring, wherein the film is configured to extend past the sleeve and past the distal ring, and wherein a proximal portion of the film comprises an opening and a channel and a draw string extending through the channel and exposed to an exterior of the device through the opening.

Abstract: A wind flow sensing system determines a first approximation of the velocity field at each of the altitudes by simulating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the wind flow with operating parameters reducing a cost function of a weighted combination of errors, determines a horizontal derivative of vertical velocity at each of the altitudes from the first approximation of the velocity fields, and determines a second approximation of the velocity fields using geometric relationships between a velocity field for each of the altitudes, projections of the measurements of radial velocities on the three-dimensional axes, and the horizontal derivative of vertical velocity for the corresponding velocity field. In the cost function of the CFD, each error corresponds to one of the altitudes and includes a difference between measured velocities at the line-of-site points at the corresponding altitude and simulated velocities at the line-of-site points simulated by the CFD for the corresponding altitude.

Abstract: This document provides methods and materials involved in assessing concentrations of analytes in an environment using a diamond-containing carbon electrode. For example, methods and materials for using FSCV or paired pulse voltammetry to discriminate analytes based on their adsorption characteristics to a diamond-containing carbon electrode are described herein.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for measuring static and dynamic pressures in harsh environments are disclosed. A pressure sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a diaphragm constructed from materials designed to operate in harsh environments. A waveguide may be operably connected to the diaphragm, and an electromagnetic wave producing and receiving (e.g., sensing) device may be attached to the waveguide, opposite the diaphragm. A handle may be connected between the diaphragm and the waveguide to provide both structural support and electrical functionality for the sensor. A gap may be included between the handle and the diaphragm, allowing the diaphragm to move freely. An antenna and a ground plane may be formed on the diaphragm or the handle. Electromagnetic waves may be reflected off the antenna and detected to directly measure static and dynamic pressures applied to the diaphragm.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an acoustic emission sensor, including an acoustic emission probe, a probe installation mechanism, and a transmission mechanism transmitting a combination of the acoustic emission probe and the probe installation mechanism to a setting position in a borehole of a monitored rock mass; the probe installation mechanism includes a shell, a probe sleeve, a spring sleeve, a spring, and a fixed pulley component; the probe sleeve is installed in the guide cylinder of the shell, the spring sleeve is fixed on two sides of the probe sleeve, the spring is installed inside the spring sleeve; one end of the first rope in the fixed pulley component is fixedly connected to the end cap in the upper end surface of the probe sleeve through the fixed pulley mounted on the top of the inner wall of the shell.

Abstract: A method for controlling an operation of a machine exhibiting symmetries in dynamics of the machine, a cost of the operation of the machine, and constraints on the operation of the machine performs iteratively a control optimization until a termination condition is met to produce an optimal control input and controls the machine according to the optimal control input.

Abstract: An electrochemical metal alloy identification device employing electrolytes to measure and identify different potentials of alloys is presented. This includes physical structure, disposables, electrical systems, control circuitry, and algorithms to identify alloys.